Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán

Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán is a city and its surrounding municipality located in the central part of the state of Oaxaca in Mexico. It is situated just south of the state capital city of Oaxaca and is a component of the Oaxaca metropolitan area.

The city

The city is the fifth largest in the state (after Oaxaca, San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, Salina Cruz, and Juchitán de Zaragoza), with a 2005 census population of 59,181 inhabitants.

The municipality

The city serves as municipal seat of the municipality, which has an areal extent of 76.55 km² (29.556 sq mi), and a census population of 65,873.

The following communities are under the its jurisdiction:

Ampliación Francisco Villa, Arrazola, Barrio la Crucecita, Barrio Santa Cruz (Cerro del Chapulín), Camino a Xoxocotlán, Estacionamiento Tequio, Camino Antiguo a Coyotepec, Colonia 20 de Noviembre, Colonia Benito Juárez, Colonia Carrasco Altamirano, Colonia Colinas de San José, Colonia el Periodista, Colonia Jerusalén, Colonia Juquilita (Los Mogotes), Colonia las Águilas, Colonia Tenochtitlan (Ampliación Montebello), El Nuevo Manantial, El Paraíso, La Florida, Loma del Tanque (Paraje del Palenque), Lomas de San Javier, Los Ángeles, Residencial San Isidro, San Francisco Javier, San Isidro Monjas, San Juan Bautista la Raya, San Miguel Arcángel, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and Wenceslao Victoria Soto

References

* [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
* [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_oaxaca Oaxaca] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México